cliquish
Example Sentences
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Her school’s faculty is cliquish and unwelcoming, and Penny often draws the ire of a few women who see her as a threat.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Had he been unaware of a sometimes cliquish and toxic office culture, with another top aide, Chief of Staff Ana Guerrero, dishing out Facebook insults against prominent politicos?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
In 2015, after a number of departures, Fortune published an article in which former employees complained about a cliquish, “mean girls” corporate culture.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2018
The mechanics of this makeshift community are different to those of every other friendship group I’ve been involved in as an adult: we’re very local, committed to everyone’s welfare, and open rather than cliquish.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2018
The far smaller English community hangs together in a somewhat cliquish fashion, and possibly cherishes a latent grudge against the Americans for their paramount influence in island affairs.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
